Economics of Place-Based Policies Pre-Conference

Cécile Gaubert, Gordon H. Hanson, and David Neumark, Organizers

September 13, 2024

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Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, September 13
Welcoming Remarks
10:40 am
Peter R. Berkowitz, Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy
Michael Storper, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Place-Based Policies in the US and EU in comparative perspecitve: a review
Discussant: Chiara Criscuolo, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
11:10 am
Randall Akee, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Maggie R. Jones, University of California, Berkeley
Emilia Simeonova, Johns Hopkins University and NBER

Tribal Casinos and Economic Success
Discussant: Donn L. Feir, University of Victoria and NBER
11:40 am
Dimitria Freitas, TUD Dresden University of Technology

The Potential of Public Employment Reallocation as a Place-Based Policy
Discussant: Cailin R. Slattery, University of California, Berkeley
12:10 pm
Gordon H. Hanson, Harvard University and NBER
Dani Rodrik, Harvard University and NBER
Rohan Sandhu, Harvard University

The Place Based Policy Supply Chain
Discussant: Rebecca Lester, Stanford University
Break
1:00 pm
Andrew Garin, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER

Do Place-Based Industrial Interventions Help ``Left-Behind'' Workers? Lessons from WWII and Beyond
Discussant: Nicola Bianchi, Northwestern University and NBER
1:30 pm
Pablo D. Fajgelbaum, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Cecile Gaubert, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Place-Based Policies: Lessons from Theory
Discussant: Edward L. Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER
2:00 pm
Matthew Freedman, University of California, Irvine
David Neumark, University of California, Irvine and NBER

Lessons Learned and Ignored in U.S. Place-Based Policymaking
Discussant: Jed Kolko, Peterson Institute for International Economics and JPMC Institute
2:30 pm
Kevin Corinth, American Enterprise Institute
David Coyne, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Naomi E. Feldman, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Craig Johnson, U.S. Department of the Treasury

The Targeting of Place-Based Policies: The New Markets Tax Credit Versus Opportunity Zones
Discussant: Patrick J. Kennedy, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Adjourn